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Opinions about re-releasing World of Springfield figures were split fairly well down the middle. For a detailed view of your fellow collector's opinions, continue on...
| Questions | Percentage |
| 1) How long have you been collecting? | |
| Since the start | 63.8% |
| 1-2 Years | 24.5% |
| Less than 1 year | 11.7% |
| 2) What is the 'state' of your collection? | |
| Totally complete | 34.3% |
| Everything I want | 24.3% |
| Missing a few | 28.5% |
| Missing many | 12.9% |
| 3) What type of collector are you? | |
| Loose | 56.5% |
| MOC | 16.5% |
| Both | 27.0% |
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4) Playmates is considering a packaging change/update for 2003. Under the new packaging, they would re-release the original figures - same figure, same accessories, new package. How do you believe this will effect the price of the original figures? |
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| Not at all | 11.6% |
| Somewhat | 43.7% |
| More than usual | 20.4% |
| Quite a bit | 24.2% |
| 5) Would you purchase the re-released figures? | |
| Yes | 49.5% |
| No | 50.5% |
| 6) How would you feel about the re-release of the figures under this scenario? | |
| Very upset | 17.9% |
| Not thrilled | 20.9% |
| Dont care | 10.8% |
| Good idea | 19.2% |
| Terrific idea | 31.1% |
| 7) There are a couple other possible directions this idea could go. Playmates could release the same figures but add a new accessory or make a minor change, such as copyright date, to the figure. How do you feel about that? | |
| Hate it | 32.6% |
| Prefer same figure | 25.6% |
| Prefer new accessory | 23.2% |
| Love it | 18.6% |
| 8) Another option is to use a collectors club to re-release the figures. Playmates could do something very simple, like poly-bagging the original figures and releasing them only through the club. How would you feel about that option? | |
| Very upset | 19.0% |
| Not thrilled | 20.2% |
| Dont care | 18.4% |
| Good idea | 25.6% |
| Terrific idea | 16.8% |
| 9) Which of the options discussed above would you prefer (or no re-release at all)? | |
| Same figure, new package | 34.5% |
| New acc. or change figure | 20.0% |
| Same figure, club release | 15.1% |
| New acc. or change, club | 8.0% |
| No rerelease | 22.5% |
| 10) If the figures are re-released to traditional retailers, can they be part of a regular wave (one of the six figures), should they be part of a new series, or should the waves expand to seven figures each? | |
| Regular wave | 14.3% |
| New wave | 66.6% |
| Larger wave | 19.1% |
| 11) How would you feel about the classic figure being released in a regular wave, taking the place of a new sixth figure? | |
| Very upset | 48.9% |
| Not thrilled | 28.8% |
| Dont care | 12.4% |
| Good idea | 7.2% |
| Terrific idea | 2.7% |
These poll results were submitted to Playmates Toys, who will (of course) make the final decision regarding re-releases. Thank you for sharing your opinion!
We'd also like to thank SCS member Ozmodiar for providing us with some interesting crosstabbed statistical analysis of the results.
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